#2A9ABE#2A9ABE

#2A9ABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.109 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9ABE
RGB	rgb(42, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -18.37, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 32.97, 236.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.0779 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.109 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8008, 27.3185, 52.8292)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9ABE #BE4E2A

analogous

#2ABE98 #2A9ABE #2A50BE

triadic

#2A9ABE #BE2A9A #9ABE2A

tetradic

#2A9ABE #982ABE #BE4E2A #50BE2A

square

#2A9ABE #982ABE #BE4E2A #50BE2A

split-complementary

#2A9ABE #BE2A50 #BE982A

monochromatic

#14495A #1F718C #2A9ABE #4DB6D8 #80CBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#2A9ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#2A9ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9ABE

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9ABE	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7289BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.109 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb8d1',
    500: '#2a9abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9abe;
$custom-light: #7bb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64122,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9ABE

secondary

#CB8D78

accent

#6941E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9ABE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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